Ironing-board



(No Model.)

G. R. TAXIS & D. NICKEL.

IRONING BOARD.

No. 370,991. Patented Oct. 4,1887.

WITNESSES INVENTORS' [II I v I H ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES :PATENT OFFICE.

GIDEON R. TAXIS AND DAVID NICKEL, OF MORRIS, ILLINOIS.

lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,991, dated October 4, 1887.

Application filed January 16, 1886. Serial No. 188,764. (No model.)

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GIDEoN R. TAXIS and DAVID NIoKEL, citizens of the United States, resident at Morris, in the county of Grundy and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing- Boards; and we do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention relates to improvements in ironing-boards; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side or edge view of the invention attached and in position. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken through the joint attaching the board and leg. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section through the joint attaching the device to the wall. Fig. 4 is a reversed plan of said joint. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detail views of the parts of said joints. Fig. 8 is a reversed plan of the board as attached to the wall.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the floor of a room, B the wall thereof, and C an ironing-board attached to the wall at a proper height by the following means: Upon the lower surface of the board 0, adjacent to its meeting edge, are secured, by screws or otherwise, two plates, D D, equally distant from the sides of the board.

E E are transverse axes made integrally with the said plates D, and each extending equal distances on each side of the neck (I of the plate.

F F are plates secured to the wall at proper heights, and each provided with the socket G for the corresponding axis E. The said socket is of tubular form, and is cut away at e and f, respectively, for the insertion of the neck d, and to allow the latter to fall within the space f.

To attach the board, the same is held with its outer end inclining downward,and the axes E are slid into the sockets G, the necks d passing through the openings 0. When the necks have entered the openings f, the board can be turned to a horizontal position, but not above the same, as the necks bear against the edges 9 of the undivided upper portions of the sockets.

H is the supporting-leg, connected to the lower surface of the board by a device identical with one of those that connects the board to the wall, and marked with the same refer ence-letters, except that they are primed. The leg H has just sufficient length to bind firmly at its lower end against the floor when the board is horizontal, and the necks of the connecting devices bear against the sockets attached to the wall. Thus the board is held horizontally and very-rigidly, yet has only one narrow supportingleg. The board and leg are both detachable, and the leg can be folded up against the under surface of the board for storage or transportation.

After attaching the board the leg is attached, the outer end of the board pulled up slightly, and the leg allowed to drop. It will fall into a position at right angles to the board, as the neck (1, by impinging against the edge 9, prevents it passing that position. The board is then released from the hand and will bear with sufficient force on the leg to hold all parts rigidly.

Having described ourinventiomwe claim- The combination, with the board, the plates D, secured to the under surface thereof adjacent to its attached end and provided with the axes E and necks d, and the plate F, secured to the under surface of the board at a proper point and provided with the socket G, cut away at e andf, and the edge 9 of the sup porting-leg justlong enough to bind at the lower end firmly against the floor when the board is horizontal, the plate D, secured to the leg and provided with the neck d and axis E, and the plates F, attached to the Wall and provided with the sockets G, cut away at e and f, and the edges 9, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we aflix our si guatures in presence of two witnesses.

GIDEON R. TAXIS. DAVID NICKEL.

Witnesses:

(l. H. OVEROOKER, H. G. OLAYPOOL. 

